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2. BASF - Wikipedia

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   BASF is an acronym for Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik ( German for 'Baden Aniline and Soda Factory'). It was founded by Friedrich Engelhorn on 6 April 1865 in Mannheim, in the German-speaking state of Baden. Engelhorn had been responsible for setting up a gasworks and street lighting for the town council in 1861.

3. List of largest chemical producers - Wikipedia

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   The Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus, headquarters of BASF from 1957 to 2013. Chemical & Engineering News publishes an annual list of the world's largest chemical producers by sales, excluding formulated products such as pharmaceutical drugs and coatings.

4. Friedrich Engelhorn - Wikipedia

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   Friedrich Engelhorn was born on 17 July 1821 in Mannheim, where his father was a head brewer and pub owner. At the age of nine, he started attending the local lyceum, but left the school four years later and took up a 3-year apprenticeship to become a goldsmith. In 1847 after completing the traditional Gesellenwanderung, which took him to Mainz ...

5. Wintershall - Wikipedia

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   Wintershall Holding GmbH, based in Kassel, was Germany's largest crude oil and natural gas producer. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF. The company was active in oil and gas exploration and production with operations in Europe, North Africa, South America as well as Russia and the Middle East region.

6. Oppau explosion - Wikipedia

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   Oppau explosion. The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when approximately 4,500 metric tons of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a tower silo exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 500–600 people and injuring about 2,000 more.

7. Ciba Specialty Chemicals - Wikipedia

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   Ciba Specialty Chemicals. Ciba was a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. "Ciba" stood for "Chemische Industrie Basel" (Chemical Industries Basel) and was formed when the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, [1] following the merger in the previous year of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz that created Novartis ...